Transgenic parthenocarpy due to specific over-sensitization of the ovary to auxin

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 447, Issue , 1997, Pages 579-581

  Carmi, Nir ^a   Salts, Yehiam ^a   Shabtai, Sara ^a   Pilowsky, Meir ^a   Barg, Rivka ^a   Dedicova, Beata ^b  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Fruit set; L. esculentum; RolB; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0141425956     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1997.447.112     Document Type: Conference Paper

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